Phys. Rev. E 74, 035101(R) (2006) [4 pages]Network-based predictions of retail store commercial categories and optimal locations
I study the spatial organization of retail commercial activities. These are organized in a network comprising “antilinks,” i.e., links of negative weight. From pure location data, network analysis leads to a community structure that closely follows the commercial classification of the U.S. Department of Labor. The interaction network allows one to build a “quality” index of optimal location niches for stores, which has been empirically tested. © 2006 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.74.035101
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevE.74.035101
PACS:
89.65.Lm, 05.65.+b, 89.75.Hc
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